Sign of the Times
Pretty much a perfect summary of the current market. (H/T: Instapundit.com). -rsh
Brokers & Agents
Is Matt Ferrara Trying to Be Like Jesus?
If you’re not reading Matt Ferrara, the extremely intelligent, entertaining and hyper master of Matthew Ferrara & Company, then you’re missing out on some of the most fun readings that can be had about technology and real estate. He’s very insightful on a range of issues, as he works with some of the top companies … Read more
From Confusion to Bizarro-Land
The NAR-DOJ settlement is the gift that keeps on giving. To a blogger at least. Well, to a blogger that happens to be interested in such an obscure and unimportant topic. 🙂 The latest piece of information is throwing me from confusion directly into bizarro-land. NAR released a “Special Report” in which it announced that … Read more
I Think Jeff Jarvis Is in for a Shock…
The NAR-DOJ Settlement is news outside of our little RE.net corner of the blogosphere. One of the grand poobahs of the blogosphere, Jeff Jarvis of Buzzmachine, exults in a post entitled, “Take That, 6 Percenters!”. Why, he’s positively leaping with joy: The monopolistic hold big real estate agents have had on information — on access … Read more
The NAR-DOJ Settlement: Journey from Chaos to Confusion
I’m seriously up to my eyeballs in my dayjob (plus, I have to go to my second job of raising two little boys under the age of three after my dayjob — this second job is a LOT HARDER than my dayjob, I have to say…) but I had to emerge and say a word … Read more
Big Brand Blogging
Should the Big Brands in real estate start blogging? Joel Burslem over at FOREM thinks so: Even with its obvious bias, the blog is actually a fantastic resource for anyone interested in staying on top of the beer wars. Several years ago I worked for Molson, before it became Molson Coors, so the brewing industry … Read more
Metrics of International Real Estate Business
In a recent post, I complained about the dearth of data when it comes to talking about international real estate. Even though I was a bit cheeky, Simon Baker of REA Group actually posted a comment on that with some actual estadistica: For example, around 12% of the traffic to our Australian site (www.realestate.com.au) comes … Read more
Spartans and Redfineans
As most denizens of the Re.net know, there was a recent kettlestorm (tempest in a teapot) around some mean and nasty things said by some blogger at Redfin. Glenn Kelman, the CEO of Redfin, took immediate action and posted an eloquent appeal for harmony and peace. Glenn — you’re a class act, and a brilliant … Read more
Renting vs. Buying — Zillow Wiki Swings and Misses
In commercial real estate, there is a standard analysis that brokers conduct: the Lease-Buy analysis. It is meant to show the client the financial impact of leasing space vs. buying the building outright. For whatever reason, this is not a standard analysis that residential agents conduct on behalf of their clients. You can find online … Read more